January 2016
Legal Aid News is your official regular communication from Legal Aid Services on all matters
related to legal aid. Legal Aid News is generally published in the last week of every month.
In this issue ...
Happy New Year
Reminder about what you do if you move to another firm
Queries
Happy New Year
We would like wish you all a happy New Year and hope you all had a well deserved, relaxing break.
We look forward to working with you this year to provide high quality legal aid services for our
clients.
Reminder about what you do if you move to another firm
We wish to remind you that when you move to another law firm you must notify us by emailing
[email protected] within 5 working days. It is also good practice to inform your clients
and to notify the local legal aid office in advance of the move.
This notification requirement is set out in Clause 4.8.2 of the Legal Aid Provider Contract for Services.
Depending on the situation and client requests, the managing grants officer at the local legal aid
office needs to decide whether clients remain with the lawyer that is moving firms, are reassigned to
another approved provider at the same law firm, or are reassigned to a new approved provider at a
different law firm.
Legal aid clients remain the responsibility of the individual, assigned lead provider until they are
reassigned. By notifying us of any changes to your employment you can ensure minimal disruption
to your clients and your practice.
Queries?
If you have queries about any article in this newsletter, please contact [email protected].